The Chef Test

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2001

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Michael Ruhlman, author of The Soul of a Chef, takes us behind the scenes of the Culinary Institute of America's grueling Certified Master Chef exam. It's the Iron Man challenge of the food world and not for the faint of heart.

Jane and Michael Stern are eating artisan breads at the Red Hen Bakery in Chicago, and we'll hear from a scientist who has the lowdown on white salmon, the twenty-dollars-a-pound fish chefs fight over. Remember the Smothers Brothers? Jon Kalish pays a visit to the Smothers' Winery where Tommy has been making some highly regarded boutique wines for nearly as long as the brothers have been making people laugh. Alice Waters of Chez Panisse is back to tell us about her dream for the White House. If we ever get out of the election mess, her idea promises help with great spin potential for the new president.

In the second half of the show the phone lines are open for your calls and Lynne has some trivia about a runcible spoon she might use to serve her Oven-Roasted Canned Tomatoes.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

December 2, 2000 (originally aired)
December 29, 2001 (rebroadcast)

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0:31.4	Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Anna Gonzalez, through this complicated country.
0:38.7	We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories,
0:44.4	their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get closer to the things we're missing.
0:54.5	Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.
1:02.0	It's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, with the splendid table.
1:15.9	What does it take to be a master chef?
1:18.5	Can you quantify this kind of perfection?
1:24.5	The Culinary Institute of America thinks you can with their certified master chef exam.
1:28.4	It makes the Olympic triathlon look like a stroll on the beach.
1:33.3	Journalist Michael Rulman has seen the test in action, and he's got an inside report.
1:37.5	The Intrepid Stearns have found a little red hen in Chicago.
1:39.6	We've got white salmon.
1:41.6	The fish chefs are swooning over.
1:46.9	We visit Tommy Smothers, the dumb brother who's become pretty smart about making wine.
1:49.9	And we weigh in on the political scene.
1:52.7	Alice Waters tells us her dream for the White House.
1:56.9	All this and your calls coming up on the splendid table.
1:59.1	But first first this.
2:10.2	Welcome to Kitchen Chronicles, where knowledge is power and cooking is pleasure,
2:14.0	a practical guide for nourishing ourselves and the people we care about.
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